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Newt Gingrich Weighs In On New Jersey Ban on Tesla Electric Car Sales One-time Republican Presidential hopeful, Newt Gingrich takes his fellow Republican compatriot, Governor Chris Christie to task for banning the sale of Tesla Electric Cars in New Jersey. Published: 18-Mar-2014 In New Jersey, Apple can sell its iPhones directly to customers in its Apple stores. The Gap can sell its blue jeans in every mall. And Starbucks can sell its coffee on every street corner. But one innovative car company learned yesterday that the state will prohibit it from selling its cars to New Jerseyans in either of its two showrooms there. The Garden State had been fertile territory for Tesla, the high-end automotive startup that makes the all-electric Model S (which Consumer Reports recently rated the best overall car, period). But the company is crashing up against century-old state laws th...